Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 2025

This bill sets new rules for agricultural checkoff programs, which are programs run under the Department of Agriculture that promote and research specific farm products like beef, cotton, or watermelons without favoring particular brands. It says that larger checkoff boards cannot hire organizations that try to influence government policy on agriculture, and it prevents board members from doing things like acting with conflicts of interest, being anti-competitive, or saying negative things about other farm products. The bill also requires these boards to publicly share their budgets and how they spend money, and it calls for official audits of checkoff programs by government watchdog agencies.

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